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Elías Hernández

Private equity, M&A

About Me

M&A and Private Equity professional with an executive and leadership profile focused on the origination and execution of buy-side and sell-side transactions. Specialized in building buy-side capabilities, developing value creation theses, and preparing companies for sale and acquisition processes. I lead sell-side and buy-side mandates end-to-end—coordinating internal teams, banks, law firms, and counterparties—with strong expertise in investment analysis, valuation (DCF, trading comparables, and precedent transactions), and translating complex analyses into actionable recommendations for investment committees, senior management, and boards of directors. More than €20 million in transactions led and executed, managing multiple mandates simultaneously in dynamic, deadline-driven environments.

Jurisdiction

Spain

Experience

Seniority LevelExecutive
Years of Experience6-10 years
Current StatusActive
ManagerBinvester
2023 - Present

Built from scratch the local, regional, and national origination channels that today generate over 94% of all opportunities analyzed and invested, sourcing personally on the front line: events, founder communities, co-investor networks, and direct relationships. • Managed an active portfolio of invested startups, supporting founding teams on growth strategy, financing rounds, business-model pivots, and the resolution of critical operational challenges. • Developed a network of co-investors and relationships across national investment circles, generating qualified dealflow and access to key partners and investors. • Opened relationships with local, provincial, and regional public administrations — the source of roughly 25% of opportunities and of new institutional collaboration channels. • Led and contributed to deals worth over €20M, taking part in analysis, strategic planning, value creation, and the structuring of management teams. • Redesigned the investment model, evolving it from venture capital to a hybrid VC/PE approach and increasing returns on portfolio deals by 63%. • Built and professionalized the vehicle from scratch, defining the investment strategy, evaluation model, due diligence, and workflows. • Hired and structured the initial three-person team, laying the operational foundation to scale the vehicle and its market presence. • Drove internal restructuring and corporate-strategy changes at group level to raise organizational effectiveness and efficiency.

CEO & Co-Founder GROWII
2021 - 2025

• Led the fundraising strategy, raising over €700K and building relationships with business angels, venture capital funds, and public bodies. • Closed a collaboration agreement with a Harvard research group to continue product development and drive the product's entry into the U.S. market. • Built a community of over 300 HR executives, accelerating product development and facilitating the acquisition of the first early adopters. • Hands-on experience managing investor relations, periodic reporting, corporate governance, and cap-table management.

Founder TRIBE.TECH
2020 - 2021

• Designed community and digital-growth strategies for brands, achieving average increases of 5x in engagement and 30% in sales-funnel conversion.

FounderNew Resort
2019 - 2020

• Negotiated an agreement with a national bank to convert real-estate assets into tourist apartments, tripling the business in its first phase. • Closed deals and introduced 7 new technologies to southern Spain to automate operational management. • Acquired clients representing over 15% of available inventory in Málaga's historic center.

CPOAIESEC IN SPAIN
2017 - 2018

• Took on a regional role with responsibility for over 50 people and direct management of 5 team leaders. • Implemented HR processes that raised recruitment success by 150% and engagement by 86%. • Developed the organizational structure and delivered training for team leaders and the executive committee.

Skills

Core skills9
Interests4
Languages2

Skills

Mergers & Acquisitions
Private equity
Deal structure
Negotiation
Deal origination
Business strategy
Business management
Post-merger integration
Value creation plan

Interests

Mergers & Acquisitions
Innovation
Value creation
buy-side

Languages

English
Spanish